The NHRC on Monday issued notices to Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh governments, directing them to probe allegations of children's deaths due to contaminated cough syrup and immediately ban the sale of spurious medicines.
A special court here on Monday refused bail to two accused in the Baba Siddique murder case.
The hearing in the defamation case against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was adjourned on Monday after a witness failed to appear in the MP/MLA court here.
Waqf boards from southern states on Monday urged the Centre to make the UMEED (Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency, and Development) portal available in regional languages during a review meeting held here, officials said.
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday accorded a ceremonial welcome to India’s first Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) ‘Shivalik’ during its maiden call at Visakhapatnam Port.
In an incident reported from Ossuru village of the taluk, two children, aged seven and five years, drowned to death on Monday morning, after accidentally falling into a pond while playing in the estate where the pond was situated.
Three men arrested in connection with the killing of a tiger in the Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary near Pachchedoddi village in Hanur taluk have been remanded to five days’ custody of the forest department.
The Chennai Police have arrested three residents of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in Tamil Nadu for the alleged murder of Port Blair-based hotelier Niamat Ali.
Labour Minister Santhosh Lad launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, questioning the credibility of his claim of being a ‘Vishwa Guru’ (world leader or supreme teacher).
Home Minister Dr. G Parameshwara said on Monday that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that is probing the mass burials case of Dharmasthala in Belthangady taluk, Dakshina Kannada, has been directed to complete the investigation as soon as possible and submit the report.